402 ANALYSIS OF THE P'HAL-CH'HEN. 



^S^^) 385; 3.^*^"^^ 391; 4/^^) 375; 5.(^^) 397; 6.(*^9) 340. This sutra also is attri- 

 buted or referred to Shakya, although the speakers generally are some 

 Bodhisatwas, or other saints of great perfection. 



The subject of the whole is moral doctrine, and metaphysics. There 

 are descriptions of several Tathdgatcts or Buddhas, their provinces, their 

 great qualifications, their former performances for promoting the welfare of 

 all animal beings, their praises, and several legends. Enumeration of several 

 Bodhisatwas ; the several degrees of their perfections; their practices or man- 

 ners of life; their wishes, prayers, and efforts for making happy all animal 

 beings. Shakya appears, in a miraculous manner, on the top of the " Ri-rah,''' 

 (Sans. Meru) the fabulous mountain, as also, at another time, in Galdan, (Tib. 

 "Dgak-ldan,''' the joyful place, or the paradise of the gods. Sanscrit. " Tusliitdr 

 At this last mentioned place assemble likewise several Bodhisatwas, coming 

 from different regions of the world, to make their salutation to ^chom-ldan- 

 //DAS (Shakya), and in his presence, by his blessing or miraculous influence, 

 each of them successively utters several verses expressive of his opinion with 

 respect to the soul and the Supreme Being. Such is the tenor of the contents 

 of the " Blial-clihen^'' in general. The titles of the chapters have not been 

 expressed in Sanscrit; they are in Tibetan (written in Roman characters, and 

 explained in English) as follow : 



1. ('"^ l^jig-xten-gyi-^vang-po4'hams-chad-laji-Ygyan-giji4sliul. The man- 

 ner of proceeding of Buddha, the ornament of all the rulers of the world. 



2. *^^^) De-h%hin-gshegs-pa. Tathdgata or Buddha. 



3 . ( ' > Kun-tu^^ang-pohi-ti?ig-ge-h dsin-dang-xyiam-parAxp'hrul-pa. The 

 deep meditation (or ecstasy) of Kuntu-szang-po (a Bodhisatwa and Buddha) 

 and his miraculous change or turn. 



4. (''^^ )^jig-xten-gyi-l{'hams-Ygya-mts'ho. A region of the world called 

 the Ocean. 



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